Snow Plow Coloring Page

This snow plow coloring page shows a big truck pushing a curved blade down a town road. Snow piles up in front of the blade, with loose chunks tumbling off the top. Behind the truck stand a brick shop with a striped awning and a tall house with a snowy roof, along with pine trees and a street lamp. A driver sits in the cab, and a warning light flashes on the roof. It is a medium page for ages 5 to 10, and kids who love trucks will ask for it twice.

Figure on 25 to 35 minutes. The truck body and the wheels are big shapes, and the bricks, awning stripes and wheel bolts give careful kids small parts to enjoy.

Colors a truck fan will want

Bright colors stand out well against all that white on the page. Our colored sample uses an orange truck with yellow ribs on the back and a red and yellow striped blade. Dark tires with gold centers and a yellow light on top round out the truck.

Your child may have a real plow in mind. If one passes your street, ask what color it was, then use that on the page. There is no wrong answer.

Gray works for the road, but keep the dashed lines bright yellow. Those lines give the road its long, flat look. The two buildings can be any color you like. We used a red brick shop and a cream house with a round window. Add a warm yellow in a window or two, and someone seems to be home.

Snow plow coloring page tips

• Start with the wheels, since dark crayons smudge and you want them out of the way early on.
• Color the truck in three steps. Do the hood, then the cab, then the back.
• Press hard on the blade near its edge to make it look like shiny metal.
• Scribble a few short white or gray marks on the road where the plow has just passed.
• Give the driver a bright hat. The face in the window is small, so use a sharp pencil.

Small kids often love the flashing light the most. The short lines around it can each get a bright color.

A few road facts

You might think plows only matter in a few cold towns. The Federal Highway Administration says over 70 percent of the nation's roads are in snowy regions, and nearly 70 percent of the U.S. population lives in those areas. So the truck on this page is working near most Americans.

The job matters for good reason. Snow and ice cut how well tires grip the road, and snow that builds up can block whole lanes. Average speeds on main streets drop by 30 to 40 percent on snowy or slushy pavement. State and local agencies spend more than 2.3 billion dollars on snow and ice control each year. See the Federal Highway Administration snow and ice page for more numbers.

Kids may not follow those big numbers, but they will get the simple idea. A clear road is how fire trucks and school buses get through after a storm.

Community helper time

Preschool teachers often do a unit on community helpers, and a plow driver makes a fresh choice. Most kids have seen one and few know much about the job. Ask your class what the driver does on a snowy morning, then write their answers on a chart.

Bring it to life in a sensory bin. Fill a tub with flour, salt or shredded white paper, and hand your child a toy truck with a bit of cardboard taped on the front. Pushing snow from one side to the other is great fun, and it builds hand strength too.

Word work can be simple. Write PLOW, ROAD and SNOW on the board and have kids find the letter O in each one.

Some families like to make a thank-you card. Color the page, write a short note and hand it to a road crew worker in your town.

More trucks to color

Kids who enjoyed this snow plow coloring page should try the truck coloring page or our fire truck coloring page. You can also browse all our winter coloring pages.

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